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Nanobacter sanguinium and Atherosclerosis A recent development in understanding the causation of atherosclerosis lies in the area of microbiology. The presence of genetic material from the bacterium Nanobacter sanquinium has been found in a disproportionate number of people atherosclerosis (as well as arthritis). This has led to the opinion among basic researchers that Nanobacter sanquinium plays a significant role in many cases of plaque formation, thus in strokes and heart attacks. Nanobacter sanquinium has the ability to colonize the intima of blood vessels (and apparently joints as well) and build a calcium matrix around itself. It is then protected from the immune system as well as any antibiotics which might be administered. The solution which has been devised is EDTA in combination with Tetracycline. EDTA decalcifies the Nanobacter sanquinium and Tetracycline kills it. This risk factor is not yet commonly tested for and if the past performance
of standardized medicine is any indication (consider the role of Heliobactor
pylori in the causation of peptic ulcers), it will be about 2012 before it becomes
routine. If you want to be tested now, in all but the best doctors' offices,
you will have to ask for it and bring in the research to back up your request.
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Atherosclerosis There are two common forms of vascular disease, atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis. We will first consider atherosclerosis. This is plaque formation on the inside or the arterial system. It has an entirely different causation than arteriosclerosis which is diffuse hardening of the arteries. There are several known, and easily avoided, risk factors at work in the creation
of atherosclerosis. While inflammation and subsequent damage of the intima are
the causes of plaque formation, there are several factors which will then accelerate
the process. Foremost are the so-called "trans-fats" found in junk
foods. Next is oxidized cholesterol (from cooked, i.e., pasteurized, milk and
other animal foods cooked in open air). Then the relative absence of antioxidants,
such as vitamins A, C and E, and high levels of homocysteine (a condition easily
prevented with vitamins B6, B 12 and folate) are important contributing factors.
Tobacco smoke drains the body's resources of antioxidants, particularly vitamin
C, and further accelerates atherosclerosis. If you know and apply these facts
from an early age, there is no reason for atherosclerosis to ever develop in
your body. To know and apply these facts, you have to be willing to think for
yourself and ah, there is the reason atherosclerosis will continue to kill people.
Maybe the good do die young but so do the uninformed and dogmatic.
Medical Tips & Questions
The word hydrotherapy refers to any method of helping a medical condition with the use of water. Here are a some of these therapies with a short description of each. This is not meant as advice on how to do it but rather is an introduction to understand your doctor's or practitioner's reasoning in applying these methods. These methods should not be self-administered unless you receive training from a professional and remain under the consultative supervision of that person. For that reason the full instructions are not presented. Constitutional Hydrotherapy - application of first hot, then cold to the trunk, front and back for the purpose of strengthening the immune system and promoting healing. Cold Compresses - applied as a cold cloth wrung from ice water and restored by another as it warms for the purpose of forcing blood away from an area to decrease pain as in, for example, the treatment of acute injuries. Hot Compresses - a cold compress is left in place for a long period of time for the purpose of stimulating a rebound response from the body to increase healing (metabolic) activity in the area of application; thus if the desired response is forthcoming, the cold compress becomes a hot compress.
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